Recently my grandmother was diagnosed with stomach cancer. This is in addition to a host of other ailments, Emphesema and Diabetes to name a couple. We recently moved her up here from NC and into a nursing home close to our home. Since she's been there, she's refusing some treatments, being verbally abusive to nursing staff, and has begun smoking again despite the home putting her on the patch. Our family is fed up with her behavior and lack of cooperation, but when we confront her about it she blames her memory, or says that smoking helps her "creativity". We've tried talking to her about the severity of her situation, and the need to cooperate with doctors and nurses. She just says that she does, and isn't doing anything wrong. How are we supposed to handle this? At this point, we just want to let her be to do what she wants, even if it kills her, but that seems cruel. We just don't know what to do. Any thoughts?
2007-09-05
05:23:46
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